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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Sickness absenteeism of Primary Health Care professionals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(Suppl 1):e20220028
08-26-2022
Resumo
ORIGINAL ARTICLESickness absenteeism of Primary Health Care professionals before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(Suppl 1):e20220028
08-26-2022DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0028
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Objective:
to identify the frequency of occurrence of sickness absenteeism, according to the profile of Primary Health Care (PHC) professionals, and verify if there was an impact of the pandemic on absence duration and reason.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study, from January/2019 to December/2020, with PHC professionals from a municipality in northeastern São Paulo. Descriptive statistics were performed, with frequency calculation.
Results:
of the 977 PHC professionals, 633 (64.79%) used a medical certificate to justify their absence from work in 2019, and 837 (85.67%) in 2020. The main reason for leave was diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue in the two years. The mean duration of leave was 7.33 days (SD=17.33) in 2019 and 9.88 days (SD=16.05) in 2020. Nursing assistants were the ones who took the most leave in both years.
Conclusions:
there was an impact of the pandemic on absence duration and reason.
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PESQUISA
Analysis of managerial and healthcare indicators after nursing personnel upsizing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):684-690
01-01-2016
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PESQUISAAnalysis of managerial and healthcare indicators after nursing personnel upsizing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):684-690
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690410i
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Objective:
analyze healthcare and managerial indicators after nursing personnel upsizing.
Method:
a retrospective, descriptive study was conducted using data from computer systems of a university hospital in southern Brazil. Healthcare and managerial indicators related to the first half of 2013 and 2014 were statistically analyzed.
Results:
increases of 40.0% in the number of nurses and 16.0% in the number of nursing technicians led to reductions of 12.0% in the number of sickness absences, 21.8% in positive balance for compensatory time off, 92.0% in paid overtime. Reductions of 75.0% in pressure ulcer rates, 10.5% in the number of falls and 50.0% in infections due to indwelling catheter use were also observed.
Conclusion:
nursing staff upsizing caused a positive impact on managerial and healthcare indicators and helped qualify care and improve work conditions for the nursing team.
Palavras-chave: AbsenteeismHealth Care Quality IndicatorsHospital Nursing StaffHospital Personnel AdministrationPatient SafetyVer mais -
PESQUISA
Absenteeism – illness of the nursing staff of a university hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):876-882
01-01-2015
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PESQUISAAbsenteeism – illness of the nursing staff of a university hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):876-882
01-01-2015DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680516i
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Objective:
to analyze absenteeism - illness of the nursing staff.
Method:
this was a retrospective study of a university hospital in the city of Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, using a quantitative approach. Data were collected from functional records of the staff during the period from 2008 to 2012.
Results:
of 602 workers, 435 had 1574 medical certifi cates. Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue, followed by mental and behavioral disorders were the major diseases for sick leave. The occupation with the highest number of medical certifi cates was the nursing technician. Females and the age group between 41-50 years prevailed in the sample. Ambulatory was the area with most frequent events, followed by the medical clinic and emergency room.
Conclusion:
absenteeism-illness affects the functioning of the service, the nursing staff and users, promoting work overload, and interfering in the quality of nursing care.